Morgan Mourne
Darkly Compelling. Oddly Funny.
Urban Fantasy
Horror
Dark Fantasy
Forty years ago, Maxine Hart survived the Camp Claymore massacre by hiding in a boathouse for six hours while nine people died.
Now she's fifty-six, broke, and tired of being the "original Final Girl" at horror conventions where fans want her autograph on photos of her own trauma.
When slick producer Elliot Rusk offers her serious money to attend the Camp Slaymore Experience, an immersive horror weekend at a rebuilt version of the camp, Max reluctantly agrees.
What's the worst that could happen at a staged murder mystery for social media influencers?
She's about to find out.
Someone didn't get the memo that the kills are supposed to be fake. As bodies start dropping for real, Max realizes she's trapped in her own nightmare all over again. This time, there's an audience filming every scream. The phones are jammed, help isn't coming, and the killer knows exactly how the movies end.
But Max Hart isn't sixteen anymore. She's survived forty years of hell, and she's done being anyone's victim.
From the author of The Bone Collector’s Daughter and Moonlight Sin, The Final Girl Is Tired is a razor-sharp slasher that eviscerates horror tropes, influencer culture, and the way society turns real trauma into entertainment.
It's Scream for the social media age, with the bitter wisdom of a woman who's lived long enough to watch her worst day become someone else's content.
This time, the final girl fights back.
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Early Praise for Moonlight Sin
“Moonlight Sin absolutely blew me away. Less Harry Dresden and more Guy Noir style comedy that still took itself seriously enough to make a truly compelling character. Vince Lockwood is my favorite noir detective to date… I highly recommend checking it out.”
— Advance Reader Amazon Review
Morgan Mourne's next darkly hilarious thriller is here and the hair is big, the synths are bigger, and something very hungry is waiting in the dark…
Neon signs.
Saxophones.
Monsters in the moonlight.
In 1985 Los Angeles, a down-and-out PI investigating a missing person case discovers a terrifying truth: the city's criminal underground is harvesting werewolf blood—and his dangerous attraction to his client might transform him into the very monsters he's hunting.
Hard-boiled PI Vince Lockwood is barely scraping by in the neon-lit shadows of 1985 Los Angeles when the alluring Alena DeLuca walks into his office. She's the wife of a mid-level gangster, and she needs his help finding a missing person. What starts as a standard missing-person case soon drags Vince into a brutal world he never imagined—where creatures stalk the city after dark, and crime lords deal in black-market werewolf blood. Each clue pulls him further from reality and deeper into danger. And as his fixation on Alena intensifies, so does the risk of losing himself. With the full moon approaching and predators circling, Vince must fight to hold onto what's left of his humanity—before the city drowns in blood and he disappears into the shadows for good.
Genre: Noir Horror / Supernatural Thriller
Comps: L.A. Confidential meets American Werewolf in London
This book contains graphic violence, crime, and dark themes. Reader discretion is advised.
Dark Fantasy Coming Soon!
In the northern mountains of Veyldrim, ancient powers stir beneath the stone. When Fin, a reluctant bard haunted by tragedy, saves a charming halfling thief named Merrick, he's drawn into a crisis that threatens to tear apart the dwarven city of The Grey. Children speak in voices not their own, crystals grow from infected flesh, and the mountain itself seems to be awakening. As goblin hordes gather and a desperate commander imposes martial law, Fin must confront the cosmic truth behind the Time Tides and decide whether to embrace the terrible power that once destroyed everything he loved.
Some songs are meant to reach the gods...but what happens when they sing back?
In Final Edits Now.
Hoping to release by December 31st, 2025!
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About the Book:
For Izzy Graves, cleaning up blood splatters is just another satisfying Tuesday.
But when her serial killer father leaves her a collection of human bones—and a doomsday cult comes knocking—Izzy's life gets a whole lot messier.
Armed with her pet rat, a resting death face, and a squad of social rejects, Izzy must stop the resurrection of an ancient serpent god... or die trying.
A darkly funny, gore-splattered romp for fans of Dexter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
About Morgan Mourne
Morgan Mourne writes darkly humorous urban fantasy, horror, and dark fantasy because therapy is expensive and writing keeps him marginally sane.
He grew up on the novels of Stephen King, Christopher Moore, and the wonderfully chaotic worlds of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey—and somewhere along the way, decided he could probably make things even weirder.
When he’s not writing, Morgan can be found playing RPGs badly, spoiling his dogs, watching baseball, or catching a comedy horror flick with his wife.
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